After receiving his degree in electrical engineering in 1960 in West-Berlin, Nitin Shankar worked in product development (AEG, Berlin), manufacturing (IBM, India), management consulting (Nitin Shankar Associates), project management (Machine Sazi, Iran) and sales (TESA, Switzerland). Retired since 2004, his consulting relationship with Synova SA, a Swiss company manufacturing laser machines, started in 2010 when the company sold their first systems to the diamond industry in Surat (India). His experience inspired him to write a book titled ‘The Synergy of Light and Water’

Dr. John Gilchrist is an applied physicist specialising in time-resolved and steady-state optical spectroscopy since completing his PhD research at the University of Strathclyde. He was the first spectroscopy engineer at Edinburgh Instruments, playing a key role in the technical and commercial development of its time-resolved spectroscopy business. He later served as Director of Optical Spectroscopy and Director of Custom Diffraction Gratings at Horiba Jobin Yvon. For over 20 years, John has led ClydeHSI as Managing Director, focusing on hyperspectral imaging for complex measurement applications, including cultural heritage science. He is a regular scientific contributor and led the IEEE P4001 standards work that resulted in the standard being published in October 2025.

Ali Kamalabadi has a master degree in Mechatronics with 7 years of experience in spectral imaging systems development. He attended and completed some EU projects and he talks English, Portugues and Persian